Most awaiting release Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr LTS is arrived, Ubuntu team is heading towards great way and has done really great work, unlike previous releases this release got many new features and improvements. Unity 7 is much faster, responsive and a lot of things further you can see the release post of Ubuntu 14.04. After digging in this version I was wondering what tweaks/things a normal user should do with this release and make it much better than any other OS available out there. All tweaks are tested by NoobsLab, so hopefully you won't get any problem with them and if you encounter any problem feel free to ask. Lets start .....

Ubuntu 14.10 is released today, I was wondering what to tweak in this release and this time there aren't different tweaks for this release 14.10 than previous 14.04 Trusty. So you guys can continue following these tweaks for Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn. For some tweaks it is written "Only for 14.04 Trusty" these won't work in 14.10 Utopic as I tested.

1: Tweak Tools:

Gnome Tweak Tool is well-known powerful tweak tool, With this tool you can manage your Ubuntu environment like: Change theme, icons, fonts, cursor and so on options.Unity Tweak Tool is a configuration tool for the Unity Desktop, providing users access to features and configuration options, and brings them all together in a polished & easy-to-use interface.

Install Tweak Tools with following command:

Terminal Command:

sudo apt-get install unity-tweak-tool gnome-tweak-tool

2: Enable one-click to minimize feature:

Minimize on click has landed in Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic/14.04 Trusty and it is disabled by default. You can enable it from Compiz settings manager.
To install CCSM enter following command in Terminal:

3: LightDM Tweaks

Remove White dots: If you want to remove white dots from login screen of Ubuntu 14.10/14.04.Guest account is enable by default in Ubuntu, it means anybody can login with guest account in your Ubuntu PC.

8: Enable Locally Integrated Menus & Scale Title + Menus:

LIM (Locally Integrated Menus)
Local Integrated Menus display on the Title bar of any un-maximized Window. By default it is disabled, if you like it you can enable it easily. Go to System Settings > Appearance > Behavior > under 'Show the menus for a window' > select "In the window's title bar"

Scale Title bars & Menu
A new feature added to Unity, now you can increase/decrease size of Menus & Title bars easily. Go to System Settings > Displays > under 'Scale for menu and title bars' > adjust as per your needs

9: Shutdown, Restart, options from Dash (Only for 14.04 Trusty):

This stuff is developed by atareao and you can use their PPA to install it.
From Dash you can: Shut Down, Suspend, Hibernate, Log Out, Reboot, and Lock Screen.

Enter these commands in terminal to install power commands:

Terminal Command:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/atareao

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install power-commands

10: Firewall for Ubuntu:

Linux don't need Anti-virus but Firewall is important for any kind of Operating System. UFW is installed by default in Ubuntu but it is command line and disabled by default. You can install best firewall GUFW enable and manage it graphically.

Enter following command in terminal to install firewall:

Terminal Command:

sudo apt-get install gufw

After installation open Dash and Search "GUFW" to configure it.

11: Install Adobe Flash Plugin:

Flash player isn't available by default , So you can install flash player easily from Ubuntu repositories.

12: Integrate online accounts in Ubuntu

Ubuntu has Facebook, Google, Twitter, Yahoo, Hotmail and other accounts support. It offers you different features of your online account within Ubuntu desktop. Go to Settings > Online Accounts and configure accounts.

13: Install Restricted Extras:

There are some Restricted extras available in Ubuntu repositories which can't be install while installation but you can install these Restricted extras by yourself. Restricted extras contains: mp3 playback and decoding, support for various formats, fonts, java, flash plugin, lame, dvd playback.

Terminal Command:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

14: Codecs and Enable DVD Playback:

If you are multimedia user and use Ubuntu for multimedia then these codecs are very useful for you. You can install them by single command.

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